RE: Don't Rip My Head Off -- It's Worth a Read (Gun Self Defense Study)
December 19, 2012 at 2:12 pm
(December 19, 2012 at 1:22 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: No, because the UK has always had a lower murder rate than the US, even when the gun laws were the same. They only had significant gun restrictions starting in 1963, and after those were enacted the murder rate in the UK went up, not down.
If I did the exact same thing with Russia and Mexico, where there are heavy gun restrictions and high murder rates, but a totally different culture, then you'd rightfully call bullshit. You have to look at the big picture.
We have culture issues, true. There are many facets to this problem. Guns are one of the major facets and we have to stop pretending otherwise. Getting them under strict control won't solve all violence, but will reduce it significantly, and that's what actually matters. If we put a tenth as much effort into this as we do destroying and rebuilding other nations halfway around the world, we'd have it in the bag.
